S ERVICES & M USIC February 2020 From the Canon Precentor

February starts with the Feast of Candlemas, the occasion when the infant Christ was presented in the Temple and an elderly man, Simeon, recognised him as the Light of the World. Simeon’s words have become known as the Nunc Dimittis, which is sung by the Cathedral choir every day at Evensong:

Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace, according to your word, for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.

February draws to a close with Ash Wednesday, which often follows hot on the heels of Candlemas but this year falls on 26 February because Easter is a little later, so we have a few weeks of ‘ordinary time’ to prepare for Lent.

The start of Lent – Ash Wednesday – is a day when we are encouraged to reflect on our shortcomings and the times we have failed to behave as people who are made in the image of God. We hold three services on Ash Wednesday: at 8.00am (BCP), at 12.30pm (said) and 6.00pm (sung, to include Allegri’s beautiful Miserere Mei). The Imposition of Ashes is offered at all three services. Despite the sombre, penitential atmosphere these services are beautiful and thought-provoking, with the words ‘Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return. Turn away from sin and be faithful to Christ’, reminding us of our utter dependence upon the mercy of God.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

The Revd Canon Nicola Stanley Canon Precentor

Acting Dean of Bristol The Revd Canon Michael Johnson Canon Precentor The Revd Canon Nicola Stanley Master of the Choristers and Organist Mark Lee For more information, please contact the Music Administrator Tim Popple [email protected] 0117 926 4879

2 bristol-cathedral.co.uk About the Cathedral The original foundation on this site was an abbey established in 1148 by Robert Fitzhardinge of Berkeley Castle. It was built just outside the original walls of Bristol on high ground overlooking the river. The new monastery was dedicated to St Augustine. Initially all the abbey buildings were in Norman style (characterized by massive pillars and round arches) but between the 13th and early 16th centuries a sequence of rebuilding projects transformed the church into a Gothic one, showing the successive developments of Gothic style. The last section due to be rebuilt was the nave. However, just after the old nave had been demolished, and before much progress had been made with the rebuilding, Henry VIII dissolved the country’s monasteries and confiscated their assets. The new nave was therefore never built, and the work that had already been done was dismantled to provide stone for other projects in the area.

On 9 December 1539 the last Abbot of Bristol handed over the abbey to the King’s Commissioners. Unlike many other cities, it was not originally intended that there should be a diocese of Bristol, and so its abbey was not due to become a cathedral. However, when it was discovered that St Peter’s Abbey in the nearby rival port of Gloucester was to be made a cathedral, Bristol’s citizens petitioned for equal treatment and in 1542 the disused abbey church was designated the Cathedral of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol. In 1877 the rebuilding of the nave was finally completed, 350 years after the original, Norman nave, had been demolished.

3 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Information Anthems Selected translations of anthems which are not sung in English are available towards the back of this booklet. Bible Translation The Cathedral uses the NRSV Anglicised Edition translation of the bible for all services except BCP Holy Communion on Sundays. Reading selections are taken from the Common Worship Lectionary, with Evensong readings taken from the Pillar Lectionary. Choir Unless otherwise specified, all choral services are sung by the Cathedral Choir. On Mondays the boy choristers sing with the lay clerks and choral scholars. On Tuesdays the girl choristers sing with the lay clerks. Weekend services alternate between boy choristers and girl choristers. Communion If it is your custom to receive communion in your own church, you are welcome to receive here, whatever denomination you are. Feast Days Key On each day there is an indication of whether it is a day of significance. The different significances are indicated as follows: Feria (no commemoration or otherwise) Commemoration Lesser Festival Festival PRINCIPAL FEAST For Festivals and Principal Feasts, (and the evening service the day before) the altar colours will reflect the occasion, and Festal Responses are said or sung at the close of the evening service. Hymns Hymn numbers refer to the New English Hymnal (NEH), with tunes following. Incense On some feast days, incense is used during the service. This is indicated by the † symbol. Photography and Recording No photography or recording of any kind may take place during services, concerts, or rehearsals without the express permission of the Chapter.

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Psalms The traditional BCP Coverdale translation is used at Evening Prayer and Evensong. Common Worship translation is used at all other services. Congregation sit for the psalms, standing for “Glory be to the Father…” at the end of the last psalm. Service Length Said Morning Prayer lasts approximately 20 minutes. Said Lunchtime Eucharist lasts approximately 30 minutes. Evensong lasts around 40 minutes; Evening Prayer around 20 minutes. Eucharist on a Sunday lasts around 1hr 15. On a Sunday, Evensong lasts around one hour, incorporating additional hymns and a sermon. Quire Services: those unable to stay for the whole service are asked to sit in the Nave.

5 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Sunday 26 January Third Sunday of the Epiphany BCP: The Third Sunday after the Epiphany

7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Preacher Canon Michael Johnson, Acting Dean Setting Missa Brevis – Mathias Psalm 27.1, 4-12 Motet No small wonder – Edwards Hymns Entrance 351 Neander Offertory 485 Thornbury Communion 302 (omit v.3) Song 1 Post Communion 256 Monkland Voluntary Jubilate – Mathias 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Canon Michael Roden Responses Reading Psalm 33 Canticles Fourth Service (‘for Trebles’) –Weelkes Anthem What cheer – Walton Hymns 410 (omit vv 3 & 4) Westminster; 392 Alberta Voluntary Prelude in C BWV 547 – J S Bach Monday 27 January Verses | Decani Feria

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Radcliffe Psalms 129, 130, 131 Canticles Stanford in C Hymn 486 Fulda Anthem Here is the little door – Howells Tuesday 28 January Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Philosopher, Teacher of the Faith, 1274

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL – QUINTET NAVE Rockhampton Wind Quintet 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Reading Psalms 137 (omit 7-9), 138 Canticles Fifth Service –Tomkins Hymn 308 Adoro Te Anthem O Lord, in thy wrath – Gibbons

6 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Wednesday 29 January Feria

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Boy Choristers QUIRE Responses Terry Psalm 143 Canticles Robinson in C Hymn 366 Heathlands Anthem The sorrows of my heart – Boyce

Thursday 30 January Charles, King and Martyr, 1649

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalms 147, 148

Friday 31 January John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks QUIRE Responses Harris Psalm 150 Canticles Collegium Regale – Clucas Hymn 244 Tallis’s Canon Anthem Oculi omnium – Parnell A translation of the anthem is available on page 16

Saturday 1 February Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 3.30pm The First CHORAL EVENSONG of Candlemas QUIRE Responses Radcliffe Psalm 118.1-18 Canticles Collegium Regale – Howells Hymn 431 Hereford Anthem Senex puerum portabat – Byrd A translation of the anthem is available on page 16

7 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Sunday 2 February The Presentation of Christ in the Temple – Candlemas BCP: The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST with Procession NAVE SPECIAL ORDER OF SERVICE Preacher Canon Michael Roden Setting Missa Bel’ Amfitrit’ Altera – Lassus Psalm 24.7-end Motets Videte miraculum – Tallis Nunc Dimittis – Holst Voluntary Praeludium in D (BuxWV 139) – Buxtehude 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Canon Nicola Stanley Responses Radcliffe Psalm 132 Canticles Second Service – Gibbons Anthem When to the temple Mary went – Eccard Hymns 382 Song 13; 44 Glenfinlas Voluntary Pièce d’Orgue BWV 572 – J. S. Bach Monday 3 February Verses | Cantoris Anskar, Bishop of Hamburg, Missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 865

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks and Choral Scholars QUIRE Responses Cleobury Psalms 15, 16 Canticles Magdalen Service – Ives Hymn 178 Carlisle Anthem Hodie Beata Virgo – Byrd A translation of the anthem is available on page 16 Tuesday 4 February Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL – CHORAL NAVE Musicians from Bristol Cathedral Choir School 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Lane Psalm 19 Canticles First Service – Weelkes Hymn 406 St Hugh Anthem Os justi – Bruckner A translation of the anthem is available on page 16

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8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Boy Choristers QUIRE Responses Archer (accompanied) Psalm 24 Canticles Harker in D Hymn 395 Woodlands Anthem O for a closer walk with God – Caesar

Thursday 6 February Accession of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 30

Friday 7 February Feria

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks QUIRE Responses Tallis Psalm 35 Canticles Amner in the Dorian Mode Hymn 250 Ellers Anthem Be unto me, O Lord, a tower – Byrd

Saturday 8 February Feria

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 3.30pm Evening Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL Psalm 39

9 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Sunday 9 February Third Sunday before Lent BCP: Septuagesima

7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST sung by the Lay Clerks and Choral Scholars NAVE Preacher The Rt Revd Alastair Redfern Setting Mass à 4 – Byrd Psalm 112.1-9 Motet O salutaris hostia – Byrd Hymns Entrance 436 Praise my soul Offertory 124 St Fulbert Communion 273 Unde et Memores Post Communion 461 (omit v.2) Corvedale Voluntary Prelude and Fugue in A (BWV 536) – J.S. Bach 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks and Choral Scholars QUIRE Preacher The Revd Sarah Evans, Cathedral Chaplain Responses Cleobury Psalm 4 Canticles Howells in E Anthem O praise God in his holiness – Millington Hymns 388 Truro; 392 Alberta Voluntary Paean – Howells Monday 10 February Verses | Decani Scholastica, sister of Benedict, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Radcliffe Psalm 50.1-15 Canticles Sixth Service – Weelkes Hymn 474 (omit *) Ebenezer Anthem Lord, for thy tender mercies’ sake – Hilton (Ton-Y-Botel) Tuesday 11 February Feria

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL – PIANO NAVE Yoon Seok Shin 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Lane Psalm 56 Canticles Watson in E Hymn 365 (omit vv. 4 & 5) London New Anthem Give us the wings of faith – Bullock

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8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Boy Choristers QUIRE Responses Fox Psalm 62 Canticles Dyson in c Hymn 445 Petra Anthem Prayer of St Richard – White

Thursday 13 February Feria

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 68.1-20

Friday 14 February Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 and 885

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks QUIRE Responses Rose Psalm 71 Canticles Wills in g Hymn 419 Tallis’s Ordinal Anthem God our Father – Beer

Saturday 15 February Choir in residence Sigfrid, Bishop, Apostle of Sweden, 1045 St Mary’s Ecumenical Choir, Shropshire

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Gibbons/Barnard Psalm 75 Canticles Greene in C Hymn 475 Darwall’s 148th Anthem When David heard – Ramsay

11 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Sunday 16 February Choir in residence Second Sunday before Lent St Mary’s Ecumenical Choir, Shropshire BCP: Sexagesima

7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Preacher Canon Nicola Stanley Setting Missa Ego Flos Campi – Padilla Psalm 136 Motet O salutaris hostia – Byrd Hymns Entrance 265 Regent Square Offertory 397 Monkland Communion 272 All for Jesus Post Communion 466 Moscow Voluntary Acclamations (Suite Mediévale, Op. 56) – Langlais 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Canon Michael Johnson, Acting Dean Responses Gibbons/Barnard Psalm 148 Canticles Smart in B flat Anthem Hail, gladdening light – Wood Hymns 364 Blaenwern [408]; 252 St Clement Voluntary Grands Jeux (Suite Breve, Op. 54) – Langlais Monday 17 February Verses | Cantoris Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalms 86, 87 Tuesday 18 February Feria

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 90

12 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Wednesday 19 February Feria

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalms 95, 96

Thursday 20 February Feria

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 102

Friday 21 February Feria

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 105.1-22

Saturday 22 February Feria

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Lane Psalm 107.1-22 Canticles Darke in F Hymn 394 Luckington Anthem O Lorde, the maker of al thing – Joubert

13 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Sunday 23 February Sunday next before Lent BCP: Quinquagesima

7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Preacher The Revd Sean Doherty Setting Missa Alma Pater – Millington Psalm 2 Motet Set me as a seal – Walton Hymns Entrance 334 Old Hundredth Offertory 263 (omit *) Lasst uns Erfreuen Communion 295 Picardy Post Communion 476 Paderborn Voluntary Toccata – Jongen 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Canon Michael Roden Responses Lane Psalm 84 Canticles Bairstow in D Anthem Abendlied – Rheinberger Hymns 349 Nativity; 425 Eisenach Voluntary Toccata in d – Reger Monday 24 February Verses | Decani Feria

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Radcliffe Psalms 116, 117 Canticles Noble in b Hymn 414 Caithness Anthem Like as the hart – Howells Tuesday 25 February Feria

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL – TENOR & PIANO NAVE Marcus Burton (Bristol Cathedral Choir School) and Paul Walton (Assistant Organist, Bristol Cathedral) 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Lane Psalm 119.33-56 Canticles Wood in E flat (No.1) Hymn 393 Mannheim Anthem We wait for thy loving kindness – McKie

14 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Wednesday 26 February ASH WEDNESDAY

7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) with Imposition of Ashes QUIRE 12.30pm Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes EASTERN LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL Psalm 102.1-18 6.00pm † CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST with Imposition of Ashes QUIRE SPECIAL ORDER OF SERVICE Preacher Canon Nicola Stanley Setting Mass à 5 – Byrd Motets Miserere mei, Deus – Allegri A Litany – Walton Hymns Processional 67 Aus der Tiefe Offertory 383 Aberystwyth Communion 62 Herzliebster Jesu Post-communion 76 Breslau Voluntary Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir BWV 686 – J. S. Bach Thursday 27 February George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalms 120, 121, 122 Friday 28 February Feria

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks EASTERN LADY CHAPEL Responses Leighton-Jones Psalms 132, 133 Canticles Doveton in d Hymn Ave Regina Caelorum Anthem Out of the deep – Tomkins Saturday 29 February Feria

8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG with Chorister for the Day attendees QUIRE Introit The Lord’s my shepherd – Trad, arr, Archer Responses Rose Psalm 139.1-16 Canticles Dyson in D Hymn 336 Angel Voices Anthem A New Song – Macmillan

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Friday 31 January Oculi omnium Andrew Parnell b.1954 Oculi omnium in te sperant Domine: The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord: et tu das escam illorum and thou givest them their meat in tempore opportuno. in due season. Gloria tibi Domine. Amen. Glory be to thee, O Lord. Amen. Saturday 1 February Senex puerum portabat William Byrd c.1540-1623 Senex puerum portabat, The old man carried the boy, puer autem senem regebat. yet the boy was Lord of the old man. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia verse, Mass of the Presentation Gradualia 1605 Monday 3 February Hodie beata virgo William Byrd c.1540-1623 Hodie beata Virgo Maria Today the Blessed Virgin Mary puerum Jesum presentavit in templo, presented the child Jesus in the temple Et Simeon, repletus Spiritu Sancto, and Simeon, full of the Holy Spirit, accepit eum in ulnas suas, took Him in his arms, et benedixit Deum in aeternum. and blessed God for evermore. Magnificat Antiphon at Vespers II for Candlemas Tuesday 4 February Os justi – Bruckner Anton Bruckner 1824-96 Os justi meditabitur sapientiam: The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom: et lingua ejus loquetur judicium. and their tongue speaks the thing that is right. Lex Dei ejus in corde ipsius: The law of their God is in their heart: et non supplantabuntur gressus ejus. and their footsteps shall not slide. Psalm 37.31-32

16 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Bristol Cathedral Choir There has probably been a choir singing in Bristol Cathedral since its days as an Augustinian abbey church, founded in 1140. When, in 1542, it became the cathedral church of the new diocese of Bristol, its new statutes still provided for cathedral life in terms of worship, community and education; of the praises of God sung with perpetual jubilation, of the common table, of the masters of the choristers and of the Cathedral Grammar School. The passing of the centuries has modified but not destroyed the pattern. The choir consists of 28 choristers (14 boys and 14 girls), all of whom are educated at Bristol Cathedral Choir School - occupying the former Augustinian refectory, and magnificent new buildings. These are supported by incentives endowed by the Bristol Cathedral Choral Foundation. There are also probationary choristers who fulfil a part timetable and attend other schools in the city, 6 Lay Clerks, and 4 Choral Scholars. Together, with the voluntary Consort, Choral Evensong is sung 6 times a week in the Cathedral in term time. The Choir enjoys a busy and challenging timetable, and highlights have included singing at the Royal Maundy Service in the presence of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, tours to France, Italy, Germany, Poland, and the USA (New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island). Recent events have included singing live on BBC One on Christmas Day 2016. The Choir also broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 3. Choral Scholarships There are places for up to four Choral Scholars in the Bristol Cathedral Choir at any one time. These will generally be two basses, a tenor, and an alto. The alto Choral Scholarship is open to anyone, regardless of gender. They will be expected to sing one weekday service (currently Monday) and at the weekend. They will be of a very high standard, both vocally and in terms of reading, but will not be expected to sing without the support of the professional Lay Clerks. There may be opportunities to deputise for absent Lay Clerks for extra remuneration, but this will only be with the agreement of the Master of the Choristers who will assess their proficiency for such an undertaking. Choir terms are:

17 bristol-cathedral.co.uk  Michaelmas: The first weekend after the beginning of the Bristol Cathedral School term in September until Christmas Day

 Lent: The weekend of Epiphany until Easter Day

 Trinity: The beginning of the choir term until the Sunday after the end of the Bristol Cathedral Choir School term. The Choral Scholarships can be held in conjunction with a degree course at either Bristol University or UWE, though this is not an essential requirement. It would be our hope that an undergraduate Choral Scholar would be in post for three years, though the Scholarship would be reviewed annually. Music is an integral part of Bristol Cathedral's life and mission. Evensong is sung on most days at 5.15pm (on Saturday and Sunday at 3.30pm). The Cathedral Eucharist is sung each Sunday Morning. In addition there are a number of special services throughout the year as well as the important church festivals and feasts. Cathedral Consort

The Cathedral Consort was launched in 2009. It is a choir which not only enhances the worship of the Cathedral, but also provides an opportunity for young people to develop their singing skills to a professional standard. They also enjoy the social side of being part of such a close knit team. The Consort is open to membership from across the city from 11 to 19. It rehearses weekly and usually sings Choral Evensong twice a month. It also collaborates with other choirs in the Cathedral, such as Bristol Cathedral Concert Choir, to perform concerts of large scale works with orchestral accompaniment. The experience offered is particularly valuable to those who wish to apply for choral scholarships at universities like Oxford and Cambridge. The girls of the Consort have been an important part of the Cathedral’s musical life since 1993. In May 2002, as part of Bristol Cathedral Festival, they sang with the internationally renowned soprano Emma Kirkby, at which time she agreed to become Patron of the Choir. The Cathedral Consort has toured most recently to Toulouse, performing in St Sernin, the Temple Du Salin, and previously have been on tour to Belgium included performances at Brussels and Antwerp Cathedrals, Ireland including performances at St. Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. If you are interested in joining the Cathedral Consort, please contact Paul Walton [email protected]

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19 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Bass Lay Clerk Vacancy The Cathedral Choir is currently looking for a new Bass Lay Clerk. The Lay Clerks sing the daily office, special services, concerts, broadcasts, and biennial foreign tours.

For more information, please visit the Cathedral website: bristol-cathedral.co.uk/about-us/vacancies/lay-clerks

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